The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-05

Every political and immoral and reli-
glous mountebank has his following.
This is called freedom Every man
claims the right to free speech and free
thought. This is called federation. If
the genius of American insti-
tutlons were consulted, free speech
and free thought lies in the
conception and practice of right
and truth-not in the exercise of a
wicked spirit that reVels in license and
lust without restraint. Ny conception
OF liberty lies in the belief that law and
good order finds its strength in right
not IN unbridled license. The liberty
Oh the press and liberty of speech IS
guaranteed, but the liberty of the press
or Tree speech should be kept within
constitutional limits. If a venal press
De permitted to nisrepresent and belle
acommunity, it lies within the power
of constitutional authority to defend
the weak and oppressed. The only
question is: Will they do it? Shall
IS 600 men be permitted to yillify
10000 without let or hindrance?h
Shall the twenty-five thousand be en-
TITLED to the protection OF the parent
government, whilst the one hundred
and seVenty-hVe thousand are ignored?
The duty OF the parent government is
to hold the scales and Judge the rights
OF all by just weights. 1t will be said
that pubic opinion and the civilization
OF the nineteenth century is against the
one hundred and seventy-fiye thousand.
Every age has presented this same fea-|
ture. Public opinion has been force
against law and Constitutional rights.
Public opinion may have the power 10
enforce its will and override the Consti-
tuition, butts This justice? 1t is SAID that
the voice of the people is the voice of
God. This is true only in the main
ainence of truth and justice. Gods
VO ce is never heard but in defense of
truth, justice and equity. Who will
daCf say that the voice of the people is
the voice of God, when they violate a
law, either by command or admission.
Toe voice of the English people has
been adverse to the rights of the Irish
nation; their d, claration simply means
might against right. The proposed
assassination of one hundred and
seventy five thousand people by men
who hide behind sixty millions of pee-
pie is cowardly in the extreme. The |
only thing the rovers want is
the feather off some fellows shoulder |
SO that they might do little blood |
letting, or rather get Uncle Sam to do
1t. The enemies of the Mormons have
striven to bind tn EN- hand and foot.
and they are really so kind as to ask us
to stand quiet whilst they do it, and
whenever the Mormons speak in their
own defense they are misrepresented |
and belied, and everything made to
appear the opposite of what they mean.
We have been branded as traitors.
when our love of country and consti-
tutional law is worthy of imitation by
every American citizen whether
native born or adopted; there
is now a prospect that the
government will be inclined to 90
beyond the constitution and demand
IN oath OF allegiance, and the only fear
he rovers have is that we will still be
oval to the government.
For one, cannot see where I should
'e doing wrong in complying with the
wish OF my government. Swear? Yes!
swear that if the government calls on
ne to shoulder my gun and march in
License of the flag against Anar chists
md traitors in disguise, l think I shall
re on hand to help. l mean the deep
nd cunning traitors who want to make
J tan the pack horse to carry him into
over, and what is more the American
alton will ever find the Mormons a /
eople not afraid to offer their lives as a
t tribute to the purity of constitutional
wv, the gift of God to a free people.
VERITAs.